professor nell irvin painter on the book, the history of white people. and former assistant secretary of education diane ravage talks about the effects of testing on schools and students. her book is the death and life of the great american school system.

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. >> thank you for joining us this evening and we welcome nell irvin painter to politics and prose. the history of race and of the invention contradiction and manipulation of lightness of the lighter skinned people that we call white today is the exploration of ms. painter new book. from the 20th century what has less to the 2010 census or weakened friday given definition and categorization of race and identity professor painter has written an entirely accessible and with busting experience. joshi is a leading historian of united states and retired from teaching at princeton university and prolific and and award-winning scholar on race relations including black americans and ase second edition of armageddon and we're pleased to welcome her here this evening for "the history of white people" profess 39 wellcome. [applause] >> hello. you are a nice looking group. thanks for coming. did i hear some 1 degree? [laughter] what i would like to do is read it to you for about 70 minutes from the first part of the book and the back of the book then we will talk. okay? i might have been titled

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his book is superpower in the visions and nell irvin painter on inventing the idea of a white race in the history of white people. find the entire weekend schedule that booktv.org and follow us on twitter. >> from the 2010 festival of books lynne olsen discusses her book citizens of london. the americans who stood with britain in its darkest, finest hour. the professor of journalism at the university of arizona is the moderator of the event. >> my name is lord rosenblum. welcome to the second annual tucson festival of books on this fabulous day. it is only march and it is not yet 130 degrees. i grew up here. i love it. i want to say something about -- i want to thank the judge for making this possible and the want to add my appreciation for all the work behind this amazing festival. if anyone thinks books are dying just look at the mobs outside. any cellphone that rings will be fed to the scavengers outside. this is the point where the presenter says it gives me great pleasure but in this case, man! you may not be able to judge a book by its cover but you can by ane author. se have no

and princeton university professor nell irvin painter on invented the idea of a white race in the history of white people. fine the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org and follow was on twitter. >> are content is available on television, radio and on-line and you can also connect with those on facebook, twitter and youtube, and sign up for our scheduled alert e-mails @ c- span.org. >> let's meet another winner in the c-span studentcam documentary competition. we asked students about one of our country's greatest strength or a challenge that the country is facing. today we are talking with third prize high school winner alex weltman from boulton -- patton rouge, louisiana. welcome to c-span. >> thanks. >> why did you decide to focus on the american free market economy for your documentary? >> one of the reasons was -- i was brainstorming about what we should do with this video with my friend stephen. we were trying to think about what topic no one else would focus on. what are some common strains of that people agree with, maybe military, freedom of speech. what is another strength that

and we welcome nell irvin painter to politics and prose. the history of race and of the invention, contradiction and manipulation of whiteness of the lighter skinned people we called why today is the exploration of professor painter's new book. from the ancient greeks to the 20th century, what has led us to the 2010 census when we confront a given definition and categorization of race and identity. repressor painter has written an entirely accessible and readable myth busting and compelling history of race. she is a leading historian of the united states. she recently retired teaching at princeton university. she is prolific award-winning scholar in books in race relations including, and we're pleased to welcome her this evening for the "a history of white people," professor nell irvin painter. [applause] >> hello. you are a nice looking group. thanks for coming. did i hear someone of greek? [laughter] >> you all agree. what i would like to do is read to you for about 17 minutes or so from the first part of the book, and then from the back

pleased to welcome here this evening for the history -- "the history of white people" professor nell irvin painter. hot mark [applause] >> hello. you are a nice-looking group. as for coming. did i hear someone accrete? you all agree? well, what i'd like to do is read to you for about 17 minutes or so from the first part of the book and then from the back of the boat. and then we'll talk, okay? i might have entitled this book, constructions of white americans from antiquity to the president because it explores the concept that lies within the history of event. i've chosen this strategy because race is an idea, not a fact and its questions demand answers from the conceptual, rather than the factual realm. a american history offers up a large bounty of commentary on what it means to be nonwhite, moving easily between alternate shins and the meaning of racist color. from colored to to african-american to black to african-american always associated the idea of blackness with slavery. but little attention has been paid to histories equally confused inflexible discourses on the white race and the

professor nell irvin painter on the book, the history of white people.and former assistant secretary of education diane ravage talks about the effects of testing on schools and students. her book is the death and life of the great american school system. now new yorker editor at david remnick on his look, "the bridge" the life and rise of barack obama. he was interviewed for a little more than an hour at an event hosted by politics and prose bookstore. [applause] >> this is such a treat for me because david and i are old friends. we worked at "the washington post". you always knew when you wrote a particularly delicious piece of copy because david would send little notes and i still remember that years later. this book was so wonderful to dive into. most people in this room have read much about barack obama. and every chapter you learn new things about him but you will also learn much about this country. when i first talked to you about this it wasn't clear that you were writing a biography so i want you to tell me a little bit as we begin david about th